It's Not Right but It's Okay
Whitney Houston | Artist Essentials
First released: 1998 (year verified)
Original 1998 My Love Is Your Love album recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The clipped rhythm and pointed phrasing give this original album performance its bite.
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First released: 1998 (year verified)
The selected original recording is documented on My Love Is Your Love (1998). Year precision does not substitute a later single, video, remaster or annual-list date.
Recording: Original 1998 My Love Is Your Love album recording
Credit: Whitney Houston
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: My Love Is Your Love
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
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The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
This selection is the original 1998 album recording. The official catalog separately identifies a Thunderpuss mix, while the retained 1999 annual row contains no version field. Keep that actual candidate provisional rather than claiming a new Beyond recording.
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
Whitney: The Greatest Hits - official compilation version catalog
The 2000 compilation distinguishes the Thunderpuss mix of It's Not Right but It's Okay and other later dance mixes from the original album performances. The compilation year is used only for version comparison, never as the original songs' first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-17
About Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston grew up in a musical family in Newark, New Jersey, with gospel as an early influence. Her self-titled 1985 debut and 1987 album Whitney established a repertoire of ballads and dance records. She also became a film performer, starring in The Bodyguard in 1992 and contributing its recordings of I Will Always Love You and I Have Nothing. Later projects, including My Love Is Your Love and I Look to You, place her voice in contrasting R&B and pop settings.
Artist background sources
Whitney Houston - official biography
Musical family and Newark background, gospel influence, early albums, film debut and The Bodyguard recordings. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
My Love Is Your Love - official original album catalog
Original November 1998 album includes It's Not Right but It's Okay, Heartbreak Hotel, My Love Is Your Love and When You Believe. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
I Look to You - official original album catalog
The original August 2009 studio album includes Million Dollar Bill and the solo title recording. Later music-video and compilation dates are separate. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Count on Me - Arista/Apple Music original soundtrack metadata
The original 1995 Waiting to Exhale item credits both Whitney Houston and CeCe Winans; this is the studio duet, not their separate live performances. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Heartbreak Hotel - official original release and guest credits
Identifies Faith Evans and Kelly Price on the original Houston recording and the December 1998 single, after the November album. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
When You Believe - official original duet catalog and personnel
The original 1998 Babyface-produced single is explicitly credited in the personnel to a duet with Mariah Carey; it is distinct from the animated film cast's performance. The page also documents original vocal single/album editions. | Retrieved 2026-10-17
Profile reviewed: 2026-10-17. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.
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